The Feb. 5th West Australian continued with the inquiry into the sinking of the Sydney. One of the last surviving crew members, Ean McDonald, 90, a signalman from 1939-1940 on the ship, had branded the inquiry as a whitewash, claiming he was gagged on the stand and prevented from giving crucial evidence.
He claims the commander of the German raider Kormoran and the Australian Navy covered up the true version. He claims that on November 26, 1941, a sailor aboard the HMAS Perth saw a transcript of a transmission made to look like it was from the Sydney in its final hours saying it was on fire fore and aft.
No record of the transcript has been found, but McDonald claims that a former RAAF intelligence officer also saw the transmission.
McDonald also claims the Kormoran acted as if it was going to surrender to lure the Sydney into range of its guns and that the Australian Navy was ashamed it had been tricked and tried to cover it up.
The Story Goes On. --Cooter
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